Career Tools

Part 1 of our guidance on writing a good BLUF.

Our guidance on using college to develop workplace discipline skills.

Part 2 of our guidance on how to use social media when searching for a job, but remaining discreet.

Part 1 of our guidance on how to use social media when searching for a job, but remaining discreet.

Our guidance on being more assertive and saying no.

Our guidance on the use of names when working with others with a different mother tongue.

Our guidance on how to succeed at paid work during your college years.

Our guidance on peer relationships with permanent staff, when you're a contractor.

Part 2 of our guidance on searching for a new job.

Part 1 of our guidance on searching for a new job.

Our guidance on using the 'mark as unread' feature on email.

Our guidance on what to learn when you're working abroad or with people who speak a different language to you.

Our recommendations for you if you're getting bad grades.

Our guidance on strategic time management for contractors.

Our guidance on working and developing relationships with interns.

Our guidance on relationships with your peers when they are contractors.

Our resume guidance for 2016.

Our recommendations for deleting and archiving emails.

Our guidance on learning the language when you are working abroad.

Our guidance on choosing contracts as a part of managing your contractor career.

Our guidance on developing relationships within your industry.

Our guidance on how to structure your email so that you get the responses you want.

Our guidance about being a better professional by looking at other people's calendars.

Our guidance on improving internal relationships through reporting.

Our guidance on surviving culture shock when working abroad.

Our guidance about how to find out what it's like to work at a company.

Our guidance on how to create emails with suppliers.

Our guidance on an email schedule.

Our guidance on getting deliverables at the end of every meeting.

Part 2 of our guidance on how to read the Wall Street Journal.

Part 1 of our guidance on how to read the Wall Street Journal.

Our guidance on confidentiality during a role change.

Our guidance on working with suppliers.

Our guidance on the reasons for and the actions to take around email security.

Our guidance on dealing with negotiation asymmetry.

This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on considering DiSC when greeting others.

This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on how to take notes.

Our guidance on dealing with customers.

Our guidance on using the pre-wire concept within your team.

Part 2 of our guidance on the preparation steps to take before negotiating.

Part 1 of our guidance on the preparation steps to take before negotiating.

Our guidance on making a proposal that someone else take part of your workload - the pre-work.

We're proud to announce the availability of the new Manager Tools Mobile App.

Understand how your resume is handled and adjust your expectations and actions accordingly.

Our guidance about asking questions and expecting answers.

Our guidance on being on time.

The fourth part of our series on negotiation - how to handle the people involved.

Our guidance on trying to change the things your boss is doing.

Our guidance on purchasing stocks.

Our guidance on preparing your resume when you're going to give it to a recruiter.